Amusement device



Juiy 31, 1923.

H. G. MOULDER AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Nov. 13, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Juny 31, 1923. 1,463,290 H. f G; MOULDER AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Nov. 15, 1922 4 s sheets-sneu /N VENTO/e A TToR/VE y f v To all whom @'25 may' concern.'

Patented July 31, 1923.

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Application filed November 13, 19222.4 Serial No. 600,621.

Be it known that I, HARRY G. lvlonLDnR, a citizen of the United States,residing at KansasCty, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and' useful Amusement Device, of which the following is la specification.

My invention relatesto amusement' de-V- vices, and the objectof the invention 1s to provide a manually operable machine having facilities for spinning a. circular disk bearing thereon names of articles or lthings arranged in a circular series and normally concealed by a rotatable disk shutter having v an opening therein adapted for observation of the names, one at a time, and for bringing the spinning disk to stop in position to disclose the names through the shutter.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a portable device of this character whichl may be displayed at'shop counters and soda fountains to entertain and amuse customers and thereby accelerate trade.

I yattain these objects and other advan tages by means of the mechanism illustrated v 'in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1, is a sectional view of a device -em bodying my invention: Figure 2, is a top plan view of the spinning'disk, a part of-my inventionzFigure 3, is a vertical section of the rotatable shutter, a part of my invention: Figure 4l, is a plan view of the clutch lever for driving the spinning disk wheel: Figure 5, is a top plan view of the spider bearing member: Figure 6, is a top plan view of the base: and showing the bearing plate therein: Figure 7, is a top plan view of a machine for the accommodation of severalcustomers at the same time: Figure 8, is a vertical section of the shutter device: Figure 9, is a side elevation of the shutter device: Figure 10, is a top plan view of the automatic lever for imparting motion to the spinning disk and,lFigure v11, is a top plan view of the star detent for detaining the spinning disk in position t0` disclose vthe names it bears through the shutter.

' Similar numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings-the numeral 1, designates the housing which has an annular shoulder 2, at the `upper end thereof, and on the shoulder is lodged a circular plate 3,

having aplurality` of circular series of'holes" therein, shown ata, and at the center offthev series of holes is a bearing hole 5, andin a riale circle about the hole 5, are a circular series of indentations 6. -An fannular bezel 7, is screwed on the upper kend 0f the housing and the ange portion thereof is brought 'to so` U bear on the edge of the plate v3, to hold the M same in place. Inthe lower portion ofthe lhousing is a bearing plate 8, which isl held in place by screws 9, which are extended through the housing and penetrate the edge of the plate.

In the `lower end of the housi ing is' a circular hollow housing base l0,

which is arranged to abut the lower side of the bearing plate. Through the central part. of the bearing plate is alarge 4hole 11,

of suitablesize tol permit the passage therethrough of a spur gear 12. `Ardjacentthe 'l hole 11, in the bearing plate are al circular series of pivot holes 13. On the lower side of the plateB, is mounted a spider 14, have ing radial arms 15, in the ends of which are pivot holes 16, which are adapted for regisf tering with the pivot holes 13, and together receive the pivot 17, on the upper end of which isv Amounted. a gear wheel 18,

and onv the lower end thereof is'mounted a bell shaped member 19.` A revoluble shaft 20, is aligned with thefshaft 17,

and its lower pivot end 2,1is mounted vin the pivot hole 13, the upper pivot end `thereof is mounted in the axial center of they On the shaft 20,

lower end of the shaft 17.

and projecting upward into the bell V19, is i mounted a clutch member-22, having on its upper end lspaced apart lugs23, between which lugs is pivotallyv mountedl va horizon-- tally disposed lever 24, the outer end of which is drawn to a point. The lever '24, is pivoted on the member 22, in such a manner that the outer end 0f the lever shall normally be free of theinner side ofthe bell, and. the inner end portion thereof shall bear on the side of the member 22. On the lower end ofthe member '22, is a spool `25,

having flanges 26, between which flanges isA imposed ayoke 27 0n theend of a pivotedv lever 28, the outer end portion of which projects outwardly of the housing, through afslot 29, therein, a suitable'distanceto facil- The lever is pivoted on a bracketBO. .On the side of the lever is a fsemispherical dek itate the manipulation of the lever by hand.

tent 3l, which is adapted for seating' in the indentations 32, in the wall of the slot 29, to hold the lever in place. The pivot on .the member 22 is arranged to permit vertical movement ot' the member, by manipulating' the lever 28 a suitable distance to allow the outer end 0f the lever 24 to trictionally engage and disengage the inner side ot' the bell shaped member 19. @n the inner side ol the housing' are mounted inwardly projecting' brackets 33, in the inner ends ot which are pivot holes 34,v in which are mounted the lower pivot ends 35, ot vertical shafts 36, and having pi'nions 3T, thereon and a star detent Wheel 38, which is engaged by a pivotally mounted paWl 39, provided with a retractile spring 40, to hold the paWl in engagement With the detent Wheel 3S. On the shaft is also mounted a disk Wheel 4l, on the upper surface ot `which is a circular series ot names oit articles, as shownv at 42,.

1 Which are arranged thereon to be normally visible through the holes 4 in the plate 3, the upper side of the disk beine` disposed closely adjacent the lowerside of the plate 3. At the axial center oic the disk wheel 4l,1s a depression 43, adapted for receivine' therein a pivot bearing' member 44ivhich is mounted on the lower side ot the plate 3, and vertically aligned with the shaft 36, are mounted spindles 45, on which spindles are rotatably mounted shutters members 46, comprfsingf3 a disk portion 47, havirn;- out away portions 48, dimensioned and arranged to permit observation of the names on the disk Wheel 4l, one at a time, the upper side ot which disk portion is a vertically extending mass having' a bore '49, adapted Yfor loosely receiving therein the spindlev 45, and a bore 50, having yieldingly mounted therein a detent 5l, adapted 'for engagingthe indentations G, to detain the shutter so that the cneninff therein shall be positioned directly o Yf'r the hole in the plate t0 permit observa- !1 on ot' the marks on the disk wheel, the detent Wheel 33 and the indentations are arranr'ed upon parallel radial lines corresnondine' with the radius of the openings in plate and the radius of the names on the disk Wheel. rllhe spur is mourtefl on a vertically extending` shaft 53, 'which is revolubly mounted in the lower end ou the spider i4, and in a bearing' 54, asso* lnirted with the base l0. On the lower end of the shaft 53, is a beveled gear Wheel 55, which is driven by a Irear Wheel 5G, mounted on a crank shaft 57. nthe shutter 46, is a Winn' 58. which is usable as a handle to manipulate the shutter, and on the outer end of the clutch lever 23 is thumb piece 59, 0n the upper end ot the -shatt 36, is a pvot 60. The spider 14,? is provided with a vertical hole 6l. having internal screiv threads to receive a screw 62, which is extended through the plate 3, to hold the latter in place, and

screws 63, are extended through the plate and penetrate the upper end ot the spider to hold the spider in place.

To operate the device the crank shai't 5?, is turned to the right When the gear 56, will turn the gear 55, to the right, and like Wise turn the spur gear l2, the latter gear turning the pinion 64, on the member 22, to the left, thereby revolving the member men4 tioned to the lett, the lever 24, being there-- by moved to turn by centrifugal torce zo approach the inside Wall of the bell shaped member, in the Well understood manner. it is desired to impart motion to the spin4 ing` disk Wheel 4l, the. lever 28, is pressed down until the detent 3l, thereon is entered in the lower of the indentations 32, the yoke 27, on the inner end of the lever 2B, thus elevates or raises the member 22, to a height sutlicient to bringthe outer end of the lever 24, to rictionaliy bear on the inner wall o the bell shapedmember 22, the actuation or the bell shapedmember by the lever being; shown by the dotted lines 65, in Figure l The bell and the pinion 18, associated there ivith are turned to the right., the pinion mentioned turning the pinion 37 to the left, thus the disk Wheel 4l, is turned and kept turning until the lever 28, is released to aloiv the member 22, to drop t0 vnormal position andthe detent 3l, in the lever enters the upper of the indentations 32, whereupon, the disk wheel and associated parts Will keep turning until brought to a stop by the triction of the parts, When the detent pavvl 39, will come to rest in the depression of the detent wheel and thereby bring the disk wheel in position to present the circular Series of names thereon to the series of holes in the plate 3, so that one et the names may be seen through the opening' in the shutter, the latter being held in position to expose one 0l the names by the detent 5l, entering one oi the depressions 6, in the plate. Thr` detent wheel 38, is 1provided With a suitable pitch to allow the detent paWl 23, to come to rest to properly position the disk Wheel. lt the momentum 0f the disk Wheel should carry the detent paivl beyond the center or place ol rest as the disk Wheel is about to stop, the tension of the retractile spring- Will pull it back to its proper resting:

place.

lt, v,tor instance, a customer approaches a soda 'fountain Where one ot the devices is point- Where the end of the lever 24, will frictionally engage the inner side of the bell shaped member, thereby, imparting motion to the latter and t0 the disk wheel 41. The clutch member being returned to normal position after a substantial impulse is given to.l

an assembly is shown in Figure 7, thus a foi'ding opportunity for a number ofpersons to participate in the amusement at the same time. The disk wheel ll, may bear thereon trade names of any merchandise', such as candy, gum, cigars,cigarettes, and

the like, and provide amusement and enter,-`

tainment, besides, accelerating tiadein the store or shop, where the device may be placed on the counter or other convenient* support.

l. An amusement device, comprising a housing member, a plate mounted on the upper end of said housing member and having a circular series of circular openings theredescribed my invention what in, a pivotally mounted disk wheel bearing.

upon its upper Jface a circular `series of words or marks, a detent wheel associated with said disk wheel, a yielding pivotally mounted lever having a detent in engagen ment with said detent wheel to normallyV hold said disk wheel in position to present the circular series of. words or marks thereon to the circular series of openings in said plate, a. pinion associated with said disk wheel, a revolubly mounted shaft provided with a gear wheel enmeshed with said pinion and with a bell shaped member, a revoluble slidingly mounted'clutch member vertically aligned with said shaft, said clutch member comprising a body portion provided with a horizontally disposed pivoted lever adapted to be turned by centrifugal force to impinge upon the inner side of the bell shaped mem-y ber, a spool associated with said clutch member, a pivotally mounted lever having ayoke engaging said spool to raise and lower said clutch member, a pinion associated with said clutch member, a revolubly mounted spur gear 'wheel enmeshed with said last men-v tioned pinion, and power receiving and power imparting devices for driving said spur gear wheel andthereby impart motion y to said clutcli member.` y

2. An amusement device, comprising va housing member, a plate mounted on the upper end of said housing member andl having a circular "series of openings therein and a circular series of indentationsor depressions within the circle of openings, a pivotally mounted disk wheel bearing uponvits upper Jface a circular seriesof words or marks, a detent wheelassociated with said v disk wheel, a yielding pivotallyv mounted lever having a detent in' engagementwith said detent wheel to normally hold said disk Y vwheel in position to present the circular series of words vor marks to the circular series of openings in said plate, a pinion associmeshed with` said pinion and with a bell shaped member, a. revoluble slidingly mount# g yated with said disk wheel, a1-,i'evolubly mounted shaft provided with` a gear wheel en-l ed clutch member vertically aligned with 7 saidshaft, said clutch member comprising ay body portion provided with a horizontally disposed pivoted lever adapted to bei turned by centrifugal force'to impinge upon the a inner sideof the bell shaped member, a spool associated with said clutch member, a pivot#` ally mounted lever having a yoke engaging.

said spool to raise and lower said clutch member, av pinion associated with said clutch member, a` revolubly mounted spur gear wheel enmeshed withsaid last mentioned pinion, a disk shutter rotatably mounted on said plate having an opening thereinadapt-f ed for permitting a view of one of the circular series of words or marks on sai-d 'disk wheel through the openings in theplate. a

yieldingly mounted detent mounted in said shutter and arranged therein to traverse .the circular series `oi indentations or depressions in said plate to hold the shutter in' lace and ower receivin .and ower iml) a parting devices for driving said spur gear y wheel and thereby impart motion to said clutch member. y f Kansas City, Missouri, November 8th,

1922.` f HARRY G. MOULDER.

"Witnesses:

.GooDwiN CREAsAN, W. L. MGSPADDEN. 

